Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Greatest Palace Music

Michael Witwicki · Post by **Michael Witwicki** » 23 Jul 2009 4:52 am

Hey all,

Listening to a pretty incredible album by a great songwriter named Bonnie "Prince" Billy. The steel playing is absolutely gorgeous and I was wondering if it is being played by anyone on the forum!

If it is - wonderful work, your playing has made my week.

Man - do I miss the days of having ACTUAL liner notes in front of me so I could read who was playing on each track!!

Nathan Golub · Post by **Nathan Golub** » 23 Jul 2009 5:25 am

Sorry, I'm not sure who's playing steel on that album, but I really love the Bonnie Prince Billie/Will Oldham/Palace stuff. He has a new album out that has a lot of steel on it too. Great music.

Joel Martin · Post by **Joel Martin** » 23 Jul 2009 5:58 am

that is one of my all time favorite records and features MIKE JOHNSON playing some amazing stuff. Mike shows up on the forum every one in a while. This album was the one that 'pushed me over the edge' into "I gotta get one of these pedal steels"

nice to hear other people like it - you don't hear about it much

Michael Witwicki · Post by **Michael Witwicki** » 23 Jul 2009 6:06 am

Yeah - this really is a pretty amazing record. I just went out and purchased his most recent on Nathan's recommendation. Already really digging it. It's funny how drastically different this stuff is from the Master & Everyone type stuff...which is where I first got turned onto his stuff.

Henry Nagle · Post by **Henry Nagle** » 23 Jul 2009 9:20 am

I saw him in Santa Rosa a few months back. Great show, great band! No pedal steel on the tour, though. His guitarist is excellent! I believe his name is Emmett Kelly. Really good tasteful player. Definitely in my top 10 concert experiences.

Joel Meredith · Post by **Joel Meredith** » 23 Jul 2009 10:41 am

Great album!